SSICA 2018 Awards
First Prize
Intimate Void -
Sandy Harquail

Second Prize
Pitcher -
Robin Dupont


Third Prize
Cloud Rain Maker -
Amy Li Chuan Chang
Honorable Mention
Naughty Muse -
Debra Sloan

Honorable Mention
Glam Chops Salon for Ravishing Ruminants -
Turquoise Tease -
Andrea Revoy

Honorable Mention
Portrait of Ernestina -
Denys James

Honorable Mention
Tidal Seaweed -
Meira Mathison

Peoples Choice
Together: Broken -
Bev Ellis

SSICA 2018 Finalists
SSICA 2018 Jurors
Trudy Golley received her education in Ceramics at the Alberta College of Art and the University of Calgary (BFA) and the University of Tasmania (MFA) in Hobart, Australia. She has been invited to participate in ceramic residencies, lecture, and give workshops in Canada, the US, Australia, Denmark, China, Scotland, Hong Kong and Malta. Inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2002, she is the recipient of grants from the Canada Council, Manitoba Arts Council and Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Her work is represented in numerous public and private collections in Canada, China, Denmark and Australia. Trudy has taught Ceramics in the Visual Art Department at Red Deer College in Red Deer Alberta, Canada since 2000.

Alwyn O’Brien has extensive
knowledge of the history of the decorative arts and a passion for the baroque. Her studies in clay have taken her across Canada, including Sheridan College of Craft and Design, the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, and Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. She is a recipient of the prestigious Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics in 2015. Her work is featured in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum, the Surrey Art Gallery, Boise Museum of Art, the Mackenzie Art Gallery, and the Canadian Clay and Glass museum. Alwyn divides her time between Saltspring Island, and Vancouver, where she is currently an instructor at Langara College.

Jonathon Bancroft-Snell is a frequent guest lecturer on the Axis of Art, aka the triad relationship of Creator Connector Collector. He is also a recognized expert in the field of Contemporary Canadian Ceramic Art. His most recent book "Walter Dexter; The Torso Masterworks" was published by Ronald P. Frye Publishers in 2012. He is also the owner of Canada's largest Contemporary Canadian Ceramic Gallery located in London, Ontario. His particular interest is the motivation of the creator; telling the story.

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